Semiji: Emojis as Letters

Proto-Sinaitic Emoji Alphabet

Proto-Sinaitic Set

A	B	E	K	M	N	O	P/R	S	T
🐮	🏠	🙌 🤲 / 🖼	✋	💧 💦 🌊	🐍 / 🐟	👁	👤 🗣 💀	🌞 ☀️ 🔆 🌻 / 👄	❌ ✝️ ❎

Proto-Sinaitic Overview

Codepoints	Emojis	Letter	Representation
U+1F42E	🐮	A ʾalp	ox
U+1F3E0	🏠	B bet	house
U+1F64C / U+1F932	🙌 / 🤲	E hll	jubilation
U+1F5BC	🖼	E he	window
U+270B	✋	K kaf	palm
U+1F4A7 / U+1f4a6 / U+1f30a	💧 / 💦 / 🌊	M mayim	water
U+1F40D	🐍	N naḥš	snake
U+1F41F	🐟	N nun	fish
U+1F441	👁	O ʿen	eye
U+1F464 / U+1F5E3 / U+1F480	👤 / 🗣 / 💀	P/R roʾš	head
U+1F31e / U+2600 / U+1F506 / U+1F33B	🌞 / ☀️ / 🔆 / 🌻	S šimš	sun
U+1F444	👄	S šin	tooth
U+274C / U+271d / U+274e	❌ / ✝️ / ❎	T tāw	mark

Proto-Sinaitic Swatches

U+1F42E ʾalp (ox)

🐮

U+1F3E0 bet (house)

🏠

U+1F64C hll (jubilation)

🙌

U+270B kaf (palm)

✋

U+1F4A7 mayim (water)

💧

U+1F40D naḥš (snake)

🐍

U+1F441 ʿen (eye)

👁

U+1F464 roʾš (head)

👤

U+1F31E šimš (sun)

🌞

U+274C tāw (mark)

❌

Phoenician Emoji Alphabet

Phoenician Set

A	B	C/G	D	E	F/V/W/U	Z	H	TH	I/J	K	L	M	N	X	O	Q	P/R	S	T
🐮	🏠	🐪	🚪	🖼	⚓	🗡	🏟	🎡	💪	✋	🌂	🌊	🐟	🔩	👁	👅	🌱	📍	👤	👄	❌

Phoenician Overview

Codepoints	Emojis	Letter	Representation
U+1F42E	🐮	𐤀 ʾālep	ox
U+1F3E0	🏠	𐤁 bēt	house
U+1F42A	🐪	𐤂 gīml	camel
U+1F6AA	🚪	𐤃 dālet	door
U+1F5BC	🖼	𐤄 hē	window
U+2693	⚓	𐤅 wāw	hook
U+1F5E1	🗡	𐤆 zayin	weapon
U+1F3Df	🏟	𐤇 ḥēt	courtyard
U+1F3A1	🎡	𐤈 ṭēt	wheel
U+1F4AA	💪	𐤉 yōd	hand
U+270B	✋	𐤊 kāp	palm
U+1F302	🌂	𐤋 lāmed	goad
U+1F30A	🌊	𐤌 mēm	water
U+1F41F	🐟	𐤍 nūn	eel
U+1F529	🔩	𐤎 sāmek	pillar
U+1F441	👁	𐤏 ʿayin	eye
U+1F445	👅	𐤐 pē	mouth
U+1F331	🌱	𐤑 ṣādē	plant
U+1F4CD	📍	𐤒 qōp	needle eye
U+1F464	👤	𐤓 rēš	head
U+1F444	👄	𐤔 šīn	tooth
U+274C	❌	𐤕 tāw	mark

Phoenician Swatches

U+1F42E 𐤀 ʾālep (ox)

🐮

U+1F3E0 𐤁 bēt (house)

🏠

U+1F42A 𐤂 gīml (camel)

🐪

U+1F6AA 𐤃 dālet (door)

🚪

U+1F5BC 𐤄 hē (window)

🖼

U+2693 𐤅 wāw (hook)

⚓

U+1F5E1 𐤆 zayin (weapon)

🗡

U+1F3DF 𐤇 ḥēt (courtyard)

🏟

U+1F3A1 𐤈 ṭēt (wheel)

🎡

U+1F4AA 𐤉 yōd (hand)

💪

U+270B 𐤊 kāp (palm)

✋

U+1F302 𐤋 lāmed (goad)

🌂

U+1F30A 𐤌 mēm (water)

🌊

U+1F41F 𐤍 nūn (eel)

🐟

U+1F529 𐤎 sāmek (pillar)

🔩

U+1F441 𐤏 ʿayin (eye)

👁

U+1F445 𐤐 pē (mouth)

👅

U+1F331 𐤑 ṣādē (plant)

🌱

U+1F4CD 𐤒 qōp (needle eye)

📍

U+1F464 𐤓 rēš (head)

👤

U+1F444 𐤔 šīn (tooth)

👄

U+274C 𐤕 tāw (mark)

❌

Sources

• Wikipedia: History of the alphabet
• Wikipedia: Proto-Sianitic Script
• Wikipedia: Phoenician Alphabet
• Twitter: @Qvarie
• Github (Crissov): Scientific CSS counter styles

/*
 * `proto-sinaitic-emoji`
 *
 *  ox house/floorplan jubilation/window handpalm water snake/fish eye head sun/tooth mark
 *  🐮🐃🐂🐄♉️ 🏠🏡⬆🛐🗺 ️ 🙌☺️🙋👻/🖼🖥📺 ✋🖐 🌊💧💦♒️🚰 🐍/♓️🐠🐟🐡🐬🐳🐋🎣 👁👀 😀☺️👤😺🤖👽💀☠️🗣🗽🗿 🌞☀️/👄😬🤓👹 ✝️❌❎✖️➕
 *  => A B E K M N O PR S T
 * @issue
 */
@counter-style proto-sinaitic-emoji {
  system: alphabetic;
  speak-as: proto-sinaitic-phonics;
  symbols: '\1F42E'/*ox*/ '\1F3E0'/*house*/ '\1F64C'/*celebration*//*'\1F5BC'window*/
           '\270B\FE0F'/*palm*/ '\1F30A'/*water*/ '\1F40D'/*snake*//*'\1F41F'fish*/
           '\1F441'/*eye*/ '\1F5FF'/*head*/ '\2600\FE0F'/*sun*//*'\1F479'mouth*/
           '\274C\FE0F'/*mark*/;
}